If you greet my little ones with a “How are you” you will more than likely see Henry pat himself on the chest with the reply, “I Ehn-wee!”
Category Archives: The Mouths of Babes
Not scary
May 25, 2011 – 9:35 pm
Tonight after lights out Miranda exclaims, “Monsters!! OH NO!” “No, Miranda,” I say after coming into their room. “There are no monsters in this house. Only love.” I kind of pull that last bit out of my…uh…I kind of come up with that one on the fly. I leave their room after a series of […]
Stall tactic
April 23, 2011 – 9:48 pm
The scene: Ethan’s room. Ethan and Jack have just finished a game of chess on Jack’s phone. It is past bedtime. Jack gets up to leave. Ethan: I’m really scared about the dark. I’m scared about monsters. Jack: Well, there is a light on in the bathroom. You can see everything in here so it’s […]
Check Mate
March 3, 2011 – 10:27 pm
Warning: this blog post is one big kvell-fest. Don’t know what that means? Ask a Jewish mother. Ethan recently joined the Chess Club at his school. He had asked me to sign him up because he knew a couple of his friends were in it. Considering his amazing brain and his penchant for strategy games, […]
The mutual sibling adoration club
February 24, 2011 – 11:13 am
We’ve been having issues with Ethan at bedtime lately. Okay, we’ve ALWAYS had issues, but it seems, lately, that the getting out of bed routine has become more frequent. It’s the age-old story of I-can’t-sleep, or, I-heard-a-scary-noise, or, I-just-have-to-tell-you-just-one-thing. He comes out of his room and sits, looking down through the rails on the stairs […]
